Time to Act: Two Years On, Data-led insights on Performing Arts and Disability in Europe

Time to Act: Two Years On, Data-led insights on Performing Arts and Disability in Europe

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Two years on from the ground-breaking Time to Act report, British Council has commissioned On the Move - to conduct a follow-up report looking further into the knowledge gaps in the cultural sector that contribute towards inequalities for disabled artists and audiences.  This new report reveals data-led insights into the accessibility,

Time to Act: How lack of knowledge in the cultural sector creates barriers for disabled artists and audiences

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Time to Act: final full report published A research report authored by On The Move, and commissioned by the British Council in the context of Europe Beyond Access. Spanning 42 countries, Time To Act provides the first transnational evidence that lack of knowledge in the mainstream cultural sector is a key barrier

Beginner’s Guide to Inclusive Dance Teaching (from Holland Dance Festival and Stopgap Dance Company)

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https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUZnILuxrUK-5E8KKh7uk9FcbD5emhY7F A new resource for dance teachers has just been launched by Holland Dance Festival and Stopgap Dance Company, supported through Europe Beyond Access. The eight-part video series is aimed at dance educators who are keen to increase the accessibility of their teaching and covers topics from: warm upsmovement explorationsdiscovering and

Time to Act report: preliminary findings published

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Launching the preliminary findings of our new report 'Time to Act: How lack of knowledge in the cultural sector creates barriers for disabled artists and audiences'. This major new study from On the Move into the barriers that disabled people experience when accessing the arts spans 40 countries. It has been

Teacher training course: how to deliver accessible dance workshops online

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Over the past months, many theatres, cultural institutions, arts spaces and dance companies have taken more of their activities online. Yet how do we ensure that digital workshops, seminars and events that take place are accessible and invite full participation from disabled audiences? This nine-part series from Holland Dance Festival and

Podcast: dance, disability and building an international career

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How do you work towards building an international career as a dancer or choreographer? How do you develop successful connections with curators and programmers? Listen to our podcast featuring disabled dance artists Claire Cunningham (Scotland) and Tanja Erhart (UK/Austria) interviewed by Konrad Kurowski (Producer at Lublin Dance Theatre, Poland). Together they discuss

Report launch: ‘Disabled artists in the mainstream: a new cultural agenda for Europe’

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Download the report here or read it on Issuu. The report is also available in French, Polish and German. Launching in Athens at Onassis STEGI's Interfaces conference on Friday 6 March is our new report outlining how access to the arts for disabled people as artists, audiences, and arts professionals needs

European Disability Arts Festivals

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This is an extensive (but not comprehensive) directory of European disability arts festivals whose remit is (primarily) to support the presentation of, and discussion about, work made by disabled artists and/or inclusive companies. This list has been compiled using desk research, recommendations from key partners and user-submitted entries. We cannot

Innovation Diversity – New Approaches of Cultural Encounter in Europe

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Un-Label - New Grounds of inclusive performing arts is an EU-Creative Europe co-funded project with partners from Germany, England, Greece and Turkey, which explores inclusive practice with an interdisciplinary outlook. Project lead, Lisette Reuter introduces their new publication entitled ‘Innovation Diversity – New Approaches of Cultural Encounter in Europe’ which

A Guide to Theatre Access

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A Guide to Theatre Access is a website which provides a step-by-step guide for venues working on captioned, audio described and British Sign Language (BSL) interpreted performances. Parts of this resource were created by the See a Voice project.  New material was created with Arts Council England support in response to